Nokia lays key 5G foundation with world's first 5GTF connection
February 13 2017 - 7:01AM
Press Release
- Telecom industry's first connection made conforming to 5GTF
interface the industry-agreed specification for 'pre-standard' 5G
applications, marking major milestone towards 3GPP NR
- Trial done in Oulu, Finland using commercially available
5G-ready Nokia AirScale and Nokia AirFrame and the 5G mobile trial
platform for the client supplied by IntelĀ®
- Further proofpoint of Nokia momentum in making 5G a commercial
reality, close cooperation with Intel, and will expand towards
interoperability with Intel 3GPP NR devices.
13
February, 2017
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has successfully carried out the
world's first connection based on the 5GTF 'pre-standard', marking
a further milestone in Nokia's momentum to make 5G a commercial
reality. The test adds another key component to the development of
5G and the implementation of the first 5G applications,
demonstrating the ability to provide fast pace implementation
according to early standards including device
interoperability.
Nokia is playing a leading role in defining the path to 5G. At
the end of last year it introduced 4.5G Pro and announced plans for
4.9G, providing operators with the critical increases to capacity
and speed that will be needed for future 5G operations. The world's
first 5G connection, which took place in a laboratory environment
in Oulu, Finland, on 23 December, used the 5GTF (Verizon 5G
Technology Forum) draft specification and was made possible by
Nokia's commercially available 5G-ready AirScale radio access with
the Nokia AirFrame data center platform running on Intel
architecture, together with the IntelĀ® 5G mobile trial platform as
an end-user device.
Data transmission on a 5G network is a significant milestone in
the commercialization of the new wireless 5G technology, and indeed
in the cross-industry efforts being made by all players in the 5G
ecosystem to standardize all aspects of 5G ahead of full commercial
service launches expected to begin in 2020 on 3GPP NR.
The 5G connection marks yet another Nokia contribution to the
evolution of communications: the first GSM call was made in Finland
more than 20 years ago using a network built by Nokia. This
tradition continued with the world's first 3G voice call, on a
commercial 3GPP system in Finland in 2001, and then with the
world's first LTE call via commercial software in Germany in
2009.
Harold Graham, head of the 5G Business Line in Mobile
Networks at Nokia, said: "This first 5G connection is a true
landmark for the telecommunications industry, and yet another mark
of Nokia's capabilities in 5G. With its low latency and significant
capacity and speed increases, 5G will deliver a variety of new and
innovative applications, and Nokia is playing leading roles in all
aspects of the total 5G proposition. This 'first' highlights our
commitment to being on the front line in providing our customers
5G-ready technologies so that they can seize early market
opportunities by building 5G-enabled applications."
About the solution used in the test
- Nokia AirScale radio access, BTS with system module and radio
unit running early 5G software, with 100 MHz frequency band on 28
GHz
- Nokia AirFrame data center solution
- Intel 5G mobile trial platform designed to support sub-6GHz and
mmWave 5G Bands
- 2 or 4 layer MIMO
- Up to 800MHz channel bandwidth
- Designed to support all pre-standard specifications trending to
a common 3GPP NR standard
- Video streaming over the air to the device
Did you know?
- Nokia and Intel are leveraging their mutual technology
investments in 5G end-to-end architecture to collaborate with
service providers across the world and accelerate the development
of 5G solutions.
- Nokia collaborates with leading universities in Europe, the USA
and China to make 5G technologies as viable and future-proof as
possible. It also runs several 5G-related industry projects in
Europe, chairs the 5G-PPP association and is running 5G innovation
projects with major operators including China Mobile, NTT DOCOMO,
Korea Telecom, SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Verizon
Wireless.
- According to an IHS Global Service Provider Survey in August
2016, Nokia Is perceived as the top vendor in 5G research and
development.
Resources
- Web Page: 5G - Creating a new era of communication
- Infographic: 5 Keys to 5G
- White Paper: 5G Radio Access White Paper
- White Paper: 5G Network Slicing
- Web Page: Nokia AirScale Radio Access
- Web Page: Nokia AirFrame Data Center Solution
- Blog: Nokia at CES 2017 shows how 5G will unlock new ways to
communicate
- Image: Nokia AirScale system module and Nokia AirFrame data
center
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